WITAN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. WITAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WITAN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WITAN is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WITAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
witansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WITAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WITAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,909.
What does WITAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
In Anglo-Saxon England, a council of the king's chief advisers, made up of nobles, bishops and other leading men, who met to counsel the king and witness important decisions.
Anglo-Saxon kings regularly summoned a witan to discuss matters of law, land grants, taxation and succession, and the council's assent gave royal decisions greater authority and legitimacy among the nobility. Membership was not fixed by any formal rule, drawing instead on whichever earls, bishops, abbots and senior thegns the king judged important enough to consult on a given occasion. Historians treat the witan as a distant ancestor of the later English Parliament, though it lacked any independent power to compel the king and met only when summoned rather than on a regular schedule. The fuller term witenagemot, meaning meeting of wise men, describes the actual assembly, while witan more often names the group of counsellors themselves.
How WITAN is used
A historical term used in writing about Anglo-Saxon England, rarely encountered outside history books and academic discussion.
- The king summoned the witan to approve the new law.
- Bishops and earls made up the core of the witan.
- Historians debate how much real power the witan actually held.
- The witan met to confirm the young prince as heir.
- A land grant required the witness of the assembled witan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WITAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WITAN
The 5 tiles of WITAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WITAN
1 longer words begin with WITAN.
Shorter words from the letters in WITAN
Common questions about WITAN
- Is WITAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WITAN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WITAN worth?
- WITAN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WITAN mean?
- In Anglo-Saxon England, a council of the king's chief advisers, made up of nobles, bishops and other leading men, who met to counsel the king and witness important decisions.
- What letters can be added to WITAN?
- WITAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WITAN:
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